Pedestal mounting



A. VAN DERVELD PEDESTAL MOUNTING July 1o, 192s.

original Filed June 16, 1924 /Iv C? l N gli 3 l! la 0 Y l5 10g l "2 2?r' W/llw/ l //////////7////(/,1////////////////// ing machine used inthe sale of cloth and Patented July l0?, i928.

ANTHONY VANDERVELD, OF GRAND RAI'IDS, MICHGAN,

AssIGNoR or cnn-HALF To rEDEsTAL MOUNTING;

Application led .Tune 16, 1924,V Serial No. 720,183, Renewed December16, 19537.A

lThis invention relate'sto a pedestal mount,`

for adjustment thereof to difi'erent positions in the length of ahorizontal track, and is particularly directed tonovelmeans forautomatically holding the pedestal in any position to which it is movedalong thev track, such means being readily disengagedwhenever desired soas to free the pedestal that it may be vmoved to another desiredposition.

`The pedestall lin question is designed to sup-y porta measuring ormeasuring and computribbon or like goods, the track being mountedhorizontally at the rear of the counter als and the pedestal with themachine which it carries ybeing adapted to be moved to differentpositions `in the length of the counter as may be desired many times inhandling the goods sold. The track is of channel form, substantially,with downturned and upturned lips at the free edge portions of theflanges whereby a guideway 'is formed to receive co-acting portions onthe pedestal. In the formation of the track it is practically impossibleto make each and every track absolutely uniform through the desiredlength and in installing `the track it is many times slightly bent orotherwise mal- ,l formed so that if a pedestal is formed at Vitslowerend at the factory to snugly engage with a specilied track itvmaynot operate properly y, withthe track after installation;` and in anyevent each track andpedestal must be fitted together tobesure ,that thesame will work properly, thefpedestals yand tracks not beinginterchangeable. With my invention these disadvantagesare eliminated thetracks and pedestals in awlarge quantity of tracks and pedestals beinginterchangeabley and the construction applied .to the pedestal beingself-corrective of any minor; discrepancies lor differences 4in thetrack formation and of .any minor malformation such'as mayoccur in theinstallation of the vtrack on the counter.` y i,

kThe construction by means of whichthe above ends are attained isillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

VFig. l is an elevation of a fragmentary portion of `a track with thepedestal in operative 'connection therewith.

Fig.;2is an enlarged horizontal section 'through `the pedestal andtrack, the section being taken betweenthe upper and lower respectively,at their free edges, the lips eX- tending toward each other as shown.This track is designed to be secured to the rear edge of a counter topby screws which may pass through the Web of the track l and, inaddition, at each end of the track a fitting 4 may be secured with'anopening 5 through which a screw may pass into the counter. This fittingis provided also with a projection le which lits into the endof thetrack closing the same and serving as a stop to prevent disengagemento-f the pedestal from the track after the installation on the counterhas been completed.

The measuring or measuring and computing machine 6 is supported onfatable 7 at the upper end of a. post `8 which passes downwardly throughand isvertically adjustable in a vertical sleeve 9. The mechanism foraccomplishing the vertical adjustment of the post 8 is not shown in the'present case, being the subject matter of a separate application forpatent. end of the post 9 opposit'ely extending integral arms l0 and l1are A'formed at their ends having portions l()EL and '1'1a respectivelyvwhich' enter into the track between the At `the lower upper and lowerguidelips 2 and 3. The i arm vll in its vertical side' is provided`withl an elongated opening l2 as shown for a purpose .to be laterdescribed. A tongue 13 is cast with andprojects downwardly from each ofthe arms l0 and l1 near their outer ends entering the groove between thelower guide lip 3 and the web of the track as best shown in Fig. Also atongue 14' is cast integral with the arms substantially at their midportions and -at the'upper side thereof, extending upwardly into thegroove between the upper guide lip 2 and the web of t-he track l. TheApedestal is thus mounted for 'sliding movement lengthwise of the trackand in practice the space for the receplla-I tion of the tongues 13` and11i is suli'icient that said tongues are loosely received thereinsuliicient tolerance being provided that the ordinary discrepanciesincidental yto manufacture in the dil'ferenttracks are more thancompensated for and also vslight malformation of the track such as mayoccur by setting the attaching screws too-tightly or otherwise will.have no eHect on the Yfree movement otthe pedestal lengthwise of thetrack when it is free to do so.

At the lower end ofthe sleeve 9 on the innerside thereof in the openspace between the upper and lower `sides of the arms 10 and 11, a. boss15 is cast lintegral with the sleeve extending toward thev web ot thetrack and being machined on its face at an angle to the length lof thetrack web as indicated at 16 in Fig. 2. A bar of flat metal 17 islocated between the boss and the innerside of the web of `the track, atone end being turned at right anglesto make aliandle 18 which extendsoutwardly through the opening 'l2 heretofore' described, and between itsends being` formed with an oil-set intermediate portion 19 the tace ofwhich contacting with the 'face 16 olf the boss 15 lies at the sameangle as said face 16. A spring E20 isv secured at one end to the bar 17at the bend thereof where handle 18 joins and at its other end isconnectedl with a pin 21 per- `rnanently secured to the armI -11 asshown in Fig. 2.' This spring` under tension'normally moves the bar 17lengthwise so as to tend to bind the section 19 against the face 16thereby forcing the tongues 13 and 14 against the guide lips 2 and 3while the bar 17 bears against theinner side-of the web ot thel track.This serves `to hold the pedestal against movement thereoit along thetrack and also prevents any oscillation of the pedestal in a directiontransverse of the track.

lWhen it is desired to move the pedestal the sleeve 9 is grasped by thehandand a finger brought against the bar `17 lengthwise 'against thetension oit springv 20. This disengages the section 19 from the boss 15and frees the pedestal for movement. As soon as it has been moved to adesired position the handle 18 is released whereupon the spring 2O againdraws the bar 17 to locking vposition and the pedestal is automaticallyheld in the position to which it has been moved.`

rlhe construction described is simple and particularlyv practical fortheattainment ot the ends for which itis designed. The invention is deiinedin the appended. claims and is to be considered comprehensive of allforms of structure'coniingnvitliin their scope. l

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41. In combination, an elongated track including a verticalweb,'upperfand lower handle 18 to movev flanges and downwardly turnedlips at the edges ot' the flanges paralleling the web, a pedestalincluding a vertical member located adjacent the track and formed withoppositely tal arms and a boss projecting toward the web from saidvertical member, said boss having its 'free end face located at an angleto the lengt-h of the web, means on the arms loosely engaging in thegrooves between said lips and web oli the track, and a manually operablemember located between Ithej boss and web and having .a section to'lengage the boss with the side thereof engaging the boss in a planesubstantially paralleling the said face ofthe boss, said member lbeingspring operated to normally draw the member into engagement with ltheboss; 2. In combination,: anl elongated trackin-l cluding a verticalweb, upper and lower flanges and downwardly and upwardly. turned lips atthe ends of the tlangesparalfl lelingj the web, a pedestal including av:vertical member formed with oppositely'extending horizontal armslocatedv adjacent the track, tongues on the arms looselyy engage ing inthe grooves between the web' and lips of said track -for-tree slidingmovement of the pedestal on the traclnaneans carried by the pedestalspring operatedl to normally hold the pedestal against accidental'movement along the track and prevent oscillation of the pedestal inavertical plane/with respect to the track, and means extending outwardlyfrom one ofsaid arms of the ped` estal tor manually operating said lastmentioned means to release the pedestall forgtree movement along thetrack. C 3. In combination, an elongatedtrack, a pedestal mounted lortree sliding movement along the track, interengaging meansy bletween thetrack and pedestal `carriedfby the pedestal for wedging thepedestalintov se# cure engagement with the track,- -and vmeans extendingoutwardly(v from 'said last men-k eXtending-horizonand' upwardly i saidsection of tioned means through an yopening lin the pedestal formanually operating' said means to free the pedestal for movementalongthe track. 1

l. In combination, an elongated track, a pedestal mounted to traversethe `track,'a

member carried bythe pedestal adapt-ed to tal track, a pedestalpositionedvertic'ally adjacent the track, .means -for' yslidablymounting the `pedestal on the'track, a member carried by thev pedestalandy movable 'to different positions, in one of whichit wedges betweenthe pedestal and track and in another it frees the pedestal for movementalong the track.

6. In combination, an elongated horizontal track, a pedestal positionedvertically adjacent the track, interengaging means between the pedestaland track for slidably mounting the pedestal to traverse the track,

a member movable with the pedestal and disposed between the saidpedestal and track, spring means tending to draw the said member in onedirection, said member when drawn in such direction wedging between thepedestal and trac-k, and a handle portion connected with the member andextending outwardly in position to be manually operated to move themember in the opposite direction against the spring means.

7. In combination, an elongated track positioned horizontally andincluding a vertical web, upper and lower flanges and downwardly andupwardly turned lips on the flanges paralleling the web, a pedestalincluding a vertical member located adjacent the track and formed withoppositely eX- tending horizontal arms and a boss projecting toward theweb from said vertical member, said boss, at its free end having a facelocated at an angle to the length of the web, interengaging means onsaid arms forengaging in the grooves between said lips and web to mountthe pedestal on the track for free sliding movements lengthwise thereof,a flat bar located between said boss and web and formed with anintermediate section'loboss, said bar at one end having a handleport-ion turned at right angles and extend- `ing outwardly through oneof said arms,

ANTHONY VANDERVELD.

35 cated in a plane paralleling the face of the. f

